 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1826 - 850 Seiten
...fine dry grass, ¡я globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...their subterranean chambers, or if the dreaded danger be not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking, and flourishing... | |
 | 1827 - 462 Seiten
...fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at the top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...their subterranean chambers, or, if the dreaded danger T he not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking, and flourishing... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...their subterranean chambers, or if the dreaded danger be not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking and flourishing... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...be rolled over the floor. ' It is delightful during fide weather, to see these lively little creatures sporting about the entrance of their burrows, which... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 442 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top, capable of admitting the finger; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without injury, be rolled over the floor*." In case of need the wasp is abundantly furnished by nature with instruments for excavating a burrow... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...of fme dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the fmger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...subterranean chambers ; or, if the dreaded danger be not immediatel)» impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking and flourishing... | |
 | Richard King - 1836 - 676 Seiten
...composed of fine dry grass, globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might without injury be rolled over the floor. Like others of the genus, on the approach of danger it sits erect to reconnoitre the movements of the... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1840 - 388 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...their subterranean chambers, or, if the dreaded danger be not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking and flourishing... | |
 | 1843 - 488 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...subterranean chambers ; or, if the dreaded danger be not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking and flourishing... | |
 | 1846 - 544 Seiten
...of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without...subterranean chambers ; or, if the dreaded danger be not immediately impending, they stand near the brink of the entrance, bravely barking and flourishing... | |
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... on the approach of the cold season, the comfortable cell for his winter's sleep. This cell, which is composed of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that... 
